Chapter 33: Computer Password

Li Luo typed for a while when his QQ suddenly flickered with a message notification.

He glanced at it and saw that Xu Youyu had replied.

So he opened the chat window and saw the reply: "Sleep early and you'll grow taller."

She was calling him Big Shot?

Seeing this title, Li Luo paused in surprise.

In his past life, it was always Li Luo who called Xu Youyu "Big Shot"—he never expected it to be reversed this life.

In the author circle, out of politeness, if you weren't familiar with another author, you'd call them "Big Shot," regardless of their success.

Once you got more familiar, you'd just use their pen name's abbreviation and add the character "Ju."

For example, "Sleep Early and You'll Grow Tall" had to be called "Sleep Early Ju."

Once you got even closer, after you started joking, teasing, and bantering freely, you could become more intimate.

Later on, Li Luo always called Xu Youyu "Sleep Early Sister."

Who would've thought—who would've thought—he'd one day be called "Big Shot" by Xu Youyu.

Thinking of this, Li Luo felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.

Especially since he knew Xu Youyu was still just an Online Novel newbie, just starting out on the path of failure, which made it all the more amusing.

This girl chatting with him now, calling him "Big Shot," would in five or six years become one of the Annual Twelve Kings, sign with a Grandmaster, crystallize her Divine Form, and become universally known in Urban Fiction.

And now, she was still just a girl who called him "Big Shot" and begged for chapter promotions.

Shouldn't he screenshot this and save it?

Li Luo thought for a moment, then smirked and began typing a reply.

【Chongran】: The editor told me—I'll give you a chapter promotion tomorrow.

【Sleep Early and You'll Grow Tall】: Thanks so much, Big Shot! I'll give you a promotion with tonight's update!

Hmm.

Such an adorable tone.

Li Luo recalled how, in his past life, when he first met "Sleep Early and You'll Grow Tall," Xu Youyu was already a Level 5 veteran author with two million-subscription novels and was working on her third.

Back then, Xu Youyu was already somewhat famous in the Online Novel circle.

Their connection began over a chapter promotion request.

But it was Li Luo who had approached "Sleep Early Ju" to ask for one.

At first, Xu Youyu had no intention of teaching Li Luo how to write Online Novels.

It was purely because Li Luo's writing was terrible, yet his ideas about Cultural Entertainment were oddly interesting, so Xu Youyu had vented a couple of complaints over QQ.

After back-and-forth exchanges, they started chatting regularly.

Whenever Li Luo had questions, he'd ask Xu Youyu.

Whatever Xu Youyu said, Li Luo followed.

When she told him to scan the rankings, he went through every Cultural Entertainment novel in the top hundred of the Urban Fiction charts.

When she told him to deconstruct outlines, he meticulously broke down the outlines of popular novels and studied them carefully.

Only after seeing that Li Luo was truly willing to put in the hard work did Xu Youyu begin seriously analyzing his specific problems.

Many failure authors claimed they wanted to learn and improve, but in reality, they took no actual action.

I came here to write Online Novels hoping to strike it rich with a trashy bestseller, or write some self-styled literary fiction to win a legion of fans—why should I suffer?

That was more or less the mindset.

Those who genuinely, seriously devoted themselves, diligently writing every day, could, after a few years, at least earn a few thousand a month to support themselves.

Unless they truly had no talent for it.

Recalling his past, Li Luo's eyes grew nostalgic. He glanced at Xu Youyu's QQ avatar and continued typing his reply.

【Chongran】: I read your book—it's excellent. Keep going; your success will surpass mine.

Across the room, Xu Youyu saw this message and immediately felt joy; her lips curled into a smile, her bare toes curled unconsciously on the chair, and her whole mood brightened.

Finally, someone with taste!

Xu Youyu hummed a tune; being praised made her feel wonderfully relaxed, and she began typing.

【Sleep Early and You'll Grow Tall】: Oh, you're too kind—I'm nowhere near as good as you. I'll need to learn a lot from you in the future.

They exchanged a few polite compliments, then returned to typing.

Li Luo opened his backend scheduled release page, added the chapter promotion text for "Literary Era" at the end, then resumed work.

Only when someone knocked on his bedroom door did Li Luo switch his computer screen to the anime playback interface he'd already prepared, then call out: "Come in!"

Hearing Li Luo's voice, Ying Chanxi opened the door and walked in from the hallway, naturally heading toward his wardrobe.

"What are you doing?" Li Luo asked, surprised as she opened his wardrobe.

"Getting my pajamas," Ying Chanxi blinked, pulling out a pink pajama set from his wardrobe, "I'm going to take a shower."

"Wait—" Li Luo stared in disbelief, stood up from his chair, walked over, and peered inside—his shock deepened, "Why do you have clothes in my wardrobe?"

"My room's wardrobe is so tiny, I couldn't fit all my clothes," Ying Chanxi whispered, "Yours has two huge ones, and you only own a few items—I just borrowed one."

Li Luo: "..."

Ying Chanxi's logic wasn't wrong... after all, these two huge wardrobes in the master bedroom—he barely used one-tenth of the space.

But still—a girl's clothes in a guy's bedroom? That's just weird!

Li Luo mentally complained, but Ying Chanxi showed no hesitation—she grabbed the pajamas and went to the bathroom.

Watching her leave, Li Luo glanced at the girl's clothes in the wardrobe and seemed to catch the unique scent of feminine laundry.

He slammed the wardrobe shut, sat back down, and returned to work.

About half an hour later, Ying Chanxi finished her shower and walked back to Li Luo's bedroom door, raising her hand to knock.

"In!"

Li Luo's computer was playing an anime of One Piece; Ying Chanxi glanced over, then walked over to the computer, slippers dripping wet, clad in a cute little pajama set.

"What now?" Li Luo turned his head and asked.

"Didn't I already say so?" Ying Chanxi blinked. "You need to set a password for your computer."

"Oh, alright." Li Luo moved aside, watching as Ying Chanxi sat down on the chair and began setting the password.

"Password: 0314." Ying Chanxi tilted her head toward him. "It's my birthday—easy to remember, right?"

"Hmm..." Li Luo nodded, then paused. "Wait, weren't you the one who said you'd control my computer time? Then why tell me the password?"

"That was just for Xu Xuejie and Zhao Rongjun to hear." Ying Chanxi gazed at him with innocent sincerity, smiling brightly. "That way, when Auntie comes over next time, we can stick to the same story—you don't know the password, so the computer can stay in your room forever."

"Xixi."

"... Hm?"

"Such a great favor—I can't repay you. If I'm reborn, I'll become your ox or horse to repay this debt!"

"Get lost." Ying Chanxi rolled her eyes at him. "Better help me blow-dry my hair."

"So that's your real goal," Li Luo said, looking enlightened.

"You want to die?" Ying Chanxi gritted her teeth and glared at him, leaping off the chair.

Seeing this, Li Luo turned and ran.

"Dare not run away!"